iascaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íascairecht.[1] By surface analysis, iascaire +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiəsˠkəɾʲəxt̪ˠ/[2][3]

Noun

iascaireacht f (genitive singular iascaireachta, nominative plural iascaireachtaí)

  1. (uncountable) fishing
  2. (countable) fishery

Declension

Declension of iascaireacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative iascaireacht iascaireachtaí
vocative a iascaireacht a iascaireachtaí
genitive iascaireachta iascaireachtaí
dative iascaireacht iascaireachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an iascaireacht na hiascaireachtaí
genitive na hiascaireachta na n-iascaireachtaí
dative leis an iascaireacht
don iascaireacht
leis na hiascaireachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of iascaireacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iascaireacht n-iascaireacht hiascaireacht not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íascairecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 141
  3. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 213, page 77; reprinted 1979

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